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Mass vaccination programs aimed at protecting most or all Americans against anthrax are impractical and would save fewer lives than a speedy, localized response in the event of an attack, a new report concludes.
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AP - On television, she's a desperate housewife. But in real life Marcia Cross is an expectant mother, her publicist confirmed Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Under extraordinarily tight security, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her ancestral homeland yesterday in her first major move since an assassination attempt against her last week killed 140.
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Verden - German prosecutors on Wednesday indicted an 18-year-old student on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that paralysed millions of computers around the world last year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors have only a sprinkling of economic data on their plates in the last full week of 2007, but if the numbers come through as expected, stocks may extend Friday's early Santa Claus rally.
0Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful death cases involving Merck & Co.'s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller.
0Business
Second opinions can be awkward, to say the least, for doctor and patient, and surprisingly little is known about them.
6Sci/Tech
Worst to first is one of the hardest things to do in sports, but how do you go from winless to a Super Bowl berth with a diverse group of kids from a variety of backgrounds and neighborhoods, many of whom have never played football before entering high school?
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Risultati della 14/a giornata della premier league inglese. Charlton - Everton 1...
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AP - The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks.
6Sci/Tech
AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson launched an ad in Iowa Thursday, implicitly tweaking rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for depicting herself as the candidate of change and experience and laying claim to that title for himself.
13World
In “Naked Boys Singing!” 10 grown men (including one natural redhead) go full monty while belting out show tunes and high-kicking like muscular Rockettes.
1Entertainment
On Super Tuesday, voters in Beijing will cast ballots for the U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate of their choice. Members of Democrats Abroad in China will be eligible, along with fellow party members in other countries outside the U.S., to participate in the first-ever Democratic Global Presidential Prima...
6Sci/Tech
La compagnia di bandiera: incontri "in una fase iniziale e non esclusiva" Il premier italiano a "Le Figaro": "Vorrei conoscere le vere intenzioni" Alitalia conferma "Colloqui con Air France" Prodi: "Bene i contatti ma ho molti dubbi" Allarme del Sult: i francesi hanno un "atteggiamento colonialista" Per il sindacato "...
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The warring factions from Sudan's Darfur region prepare for peace talks. Will the new efforts to restore peace be successful?
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Australians are marking the first anniversary of the death of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.
1Entertainment
AP - Two U.S. astronauts stepped outside the international space station to carry out a series of maintenance tasks at the orbiting outpost, their third venture out in nine days.
6Sci/Tech
Jets receiver Laveranues Coles had reservations about becoming a captain if it meant aligning himself in any way with management.
8Sports
A panel set up to resolve the Anglican Communion's divisions over homosexuality will chart a middle course in its long-awaited report, British newspapers have said.
1Entertainment
Sales of existing US homes unexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgage rates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade association report showed on Wednesday.
0Business
Five men are due to be sentenced for their part in a £53m raid at a Securitas depot in Kent.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Financially distressed Australian mining company Sons of Gwalia Ltd. (SGW.AU) said Monday that it has been approached by several parties interested in buying its gold business.
0Business
Here's an idea that came to me while waiting for a train to Genova. I was standing on a platform, across a pair of tracks a man was taking a picture of something in my direction. I was in the picture, the camera seemed to be pointed at me. I thought to yell my email address across the tracks asking him to send me a cop...
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Editor's Summary: Novell announced this week it has reorganized internally to better focus on two development areas: Linux and identity services.
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A federal judge on Wednesday handed online search engine Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) a victory in a trademark infringement case on Wednesday, ruling
0Business
By PAIGE GRANT I am writing to correct a number of inaccuracies in the Nov.
6Sci/Tech
Librarians ditch their cardigans and don feather boas to compete in the Book Cart Drill Team World Championships.
1Entertainment
On Wednesday, Joe Gibbs kept rubbing his eyes when he spoke after practice, as if in need of a late afternoon nap. On Friday, his answers were short and void of any emotion.
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AP - Hours after praising President Bush for his leadership in national and domestic affairs, Rudolph Giuliani was hobnobbing with delegates from Iowa.
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Ukraine's parliament met Saturday in emergency session to begin drafting changes in the election laws to prevent a repeat of the fraud and ballot stuffing of the Nov. 21
1Entertainment
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire over the way his government is handling a US request to redeploy 650 British troops in Iraq.
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Oil prices are holding near historic highs over $53 a barrel, with global supplies hounded by outages that were thwarting efforts to build US heating oil inventories ahead of the winter.
1Entertainment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday threatened to sue the federal government on charges that new regulations on children's health insurance violate an existing program that covers children from lower-income families.
3Health
Consumer prices calmed down in November, helped by smaller increases in energy and food. That means the Federal Reserve probably will continue raising interest rates only gradually to keep inflation under control.
0Business
Scelte le immagini delle copertine più celebri, da "Let it be" a "Revolver" Finora per tradizione venivano ritratti solo i mezzobusti reali Sui francobolli di Sua Maestà stavolta "suonano" i Beatles dal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI (09:17 13/09/2006)
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Primo giorno nel ruolo di allenatore del Vasco per Romario, e subito una sopresa per gli scettici. I...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved requests by Iraq and Afghanistan to begin membership negotiations, but Iran's bid for such talks was again blocked by the United States.
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House Democratic leaders yesterday called on Republican Tom DeLay to step down as majority leader after the powerful Texan was rebuked two times in the last week by the House ethics committee.
1Entertainment
The United States has begun to increase its troops in Iraq to provide security for January elections facing possible disruptions by insurgents, US military officials said on Monday.
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Bergamo, Italy (Sports Network) - Atalanta wasted little time hiring Delio Rossi Tuesday as its new coach. The last-place Serie A side fired Andrea Mandorlini Monday after going winless in its first 14 matches this season.
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Blog: A first look at Searchles: a new web app that seeks to combine social networking with web search functionalities.
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Research finds a significant number of inmates come from some of Scotland's poorest areas.
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This assured tragicomedy runs almost three hours but feels longer, which, believe it or not, is intended as praise.
1Entertainment
Former Gov. John G. Rowland was not among those charged Thursday with operating a corrupt organization from his office, and it was unclear from the indictment whether the
1Entertainment
Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the front runner to succeed late Yasser Arafat, condemned on Wednesday the Israeli army incursion into the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis.
1Entertainment
NATO helicopters searching for an Afghan passenger jet that disappeared during a snowstorm found the wreckage of the plane Saturday in the forbidding mountains east of the capital, and officials said all 104 people aboard appeared to have been killed.
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The flu vaccine shortage that's stirred worries here and abroad could look mild compared to another public health crisis that might be waiting in the wings.
1Entertainment
Jurgen Melzer è il primo finalista del torneo Atp di Metz (indoor, 323mila euro di montepremi...
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At least 63 people die and hundreds are missing in India and Bangladesh after storms in the Bay of Bengal.
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AFP - Democratic challenger John Kerry changed tack after a week of savaging President George W. Bush over missing munitions in Iraq, preaching hope and the promise of the "American dream."
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of PortalPlayer Inc. PLAY.O jumped as much as 62.4 percent in their first day of trading on Friday after the company's initial public offering priced above the recently increased range.
0Business
AP - Harry Potter seems to be living the same school year over and over. And it's starting to wear thin.
1Entertainment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal said on Monday it plans to launch a new television show based on its iVillage Internet community for women over its Bravo cable network and its 10 owned-and-operated TV stations.
6Sci/Tech
AP - Does Social Security cheat black Americans? Yes, President Bush insisted last week. But some Social Security experts say the answer is clearly "no."
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Experts say the stability of opinion has been striking, differentiating Iraq from other conflicts.
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AP - She got the house and he got the Honda. The problem in Augusta and Randy Roman's divorce came over the little things — the really little things. Frozen embryos that they once hoped would bring them children.
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Tom Brady throws two of his four scoring passes to Randy Moss and the Patriots roll to their third straight win, 38-7 over the Bills.
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At least three children are reported to have died by accident while acting out the recent hanging of a Calcutta man convicted of rape and murder.
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Reuters - Google Inc., the Web search engine, on Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited initial public offering to between $85 and $95 per share from $108 to $135 per share.
0Business
Chinese President Hu Jintao said Sunday late leader Deng Xiaoping has set a shining example for the people through his unremitting efforts to struggle for the Chinese nation, his indelible contributions to the Party and his noble moral character as a
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.
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ALMATY (Reuters) - President Nursultan Nazarbayev has styled himself a firm but modern Khan in his 17 years in power in Kazakhstan, but critics say his authoritarian rule brooks no opposition and borders on a personality cult.
1Entertainment
( InfoWorld ) - Paypal security chief Michael Barrett isn't ready to claim a victory in the fight against phishing schemes, but he said that his company is slowly turning the tide using a set of new partnerships and technological means. Along with its parent company eBay, online payment processor Paypal has long held t...
6Sci/Tech
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan has accepted a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force of up to 23,000 troops and police for Darfur but some U.N. diplomats fear conditions may be attached.
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AP - Entertainment groups and consumer organizations were unable Thursday to reach a compromise over a Senate proposal aimed at manufacturers of file-sharing software commonly used to steal electronic copies of music, movies and computer programs.
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Oggi previsti ritardi per Eurostar su Milano-Napoli
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A growing industry caters to people who may not have thought about the implications of “forever.”
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VATICANO - Papa Benedetto XVI in Austria - “Anche noi abbiamo bisogno del contatto con il Risorto, che ci sorregge fin oltre la morte. Abbiamo bisogno di questo incontro che ci riunisce, che ci dona uno spazio di libertà, che ci fa guardare oltre l’attivismo della vita quotidiana verso l’amore creatore di Dio” Vie...
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AP - Parents who sued a California school district over a sex survey given to students lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday.
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Google, the paid-search advertising company, has been hit by a computer worm this week which used its website to disable potentially tens of thousands of internet notice boards.
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Armed with Yasser Arafat's weighty medical dossier, his nephew blamed Israel for the Palestinian leader's death and refused yesterday to squelch rumors of poisoning â€-ven though
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AP - A 13-year-old ski racer was killed Sunday morning in a collision with a resort snowmobile on Vail Mountain.
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A Los Angeles judge orders a woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones to stand trial.
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Cancers were harder to detect in the breasts of lower-weight women who were also more likely to develop cancers between screenings, according to a study.
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SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The chief minister of Indian Kashmir escaped a bid on his life on Wednesday when separatist rebels fired grenades at a government building where he was filing his papers to contest a by-election, police said.
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US health regulators are warning of heart risks connected to over-the-counter painkiller naproxen. The drug is sold as a generic and under several brand names, including
1Entertainment
Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives “Intern” its offbeat appeal.
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One third of rebuilding contracts under criminal investigation.
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AFP - European finance ministers clashed over Franco-German proposals to harmonise EU corporate taxes to prevent lower-cost member states grabbing too much of the investment pie.
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AFP - Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo was very close to joining the Gunners before the Portuguese winger opted for bitter Premier League rivals Manchester United.
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Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange said on Thursday it instituted downside trading curbs as U.S. stocks fell sharply in early trading.
0Business
The geographical and climatic differences of Spain find political and cultural expression in an exuberant and challenging diversity.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Up to 14 Pakistanis, including 11 soldiers, were killed in an ambush on a convoy on Sunday, taking the death toll to 38 in attacks in the northwest of the country in the past 24 hours, officials said.
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AP - Key provisions of a bill signed by President Bush on Monday for nuclear cooperation with India:
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said he has requested that the US use more of its oil reserves to calm the markets.
0Business
Nuovo bilancio ufficiale da ministeri Esteri e Interno
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Thomas Monson, a longtime senior leader of the Mormon church, was officially named its 16th president on Monday at the age of 80, assuming the reins of one of the world's fastest growing and most affluent religions.
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USATODAY.com - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google is offering merchants free use of its online payment service as it squares off against eBay's market-leading PayPal. The Internet search giant introduced Google Checkout in June, with sweeteners such as free ad credits for merchants. In November, it began offering rebates...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Suspected Muslim militants detonated a car bomb Thursday outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing nine people and wounding 173 in a bloody strike at a key U.S. ally in the war in Iraq...
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L'austrialiano Troy Bayliss (Ducati) è stato il più veloce nella prima giornata dei test Pire...
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A lot of AIM and ICQ instant messaging users have likely never even heard of "Jabber" yet. But they'll probably be Jabbering away in the not too distant future, after the bugs get worked out by a new AOL/ICQ test launch.
7Software and Developement
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Thursday restrictions on aid workers in Aceh were for their own safety in a province troubled by a decades-old insurgency, and voiced readiness to sit down with the rebels to seek a cease-fire.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - California again urged customers to conserve power on Friday even though electricity demand for air conditioning should decline as temperatures along the coast continue to ease and many businesses shut early for the weekend.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry traded biting accusations over the war in Iraq on Monday as early Florida voting produced scattered complaints that stirred memories of the state's chaotic 2000 recount. On a day of strikingly personal campaign rhetoric, Bush said his Democratic challenger ...
13World
Presentati i nuovi servizi interattivi di comunicazione
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Health officials kept mum on flaws in research for nevirapine, sent to Africa to protect newborns. The drug: Nevirapine, an AIDS drug pronounced Nee-VERA-peen, is made by Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.
1Entertainment
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the secular Muslim country.
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